The majority of 19th-century editions in fair condition range in price from about $10 to $50. To get a sense of where your edition falls on the scale, Mr. Nicely suggests visiting a Website called www.bookfinder.com and entering the author and title for a search. When I did this I found 511 used editions of Uncle Tom's Cabin listed, ranging from a few dollars apiece (for 20th-century printings) up to $15,000.

With the advent of such internet-based outlets as Amazon Marketplace and Bookfinder.com, however, every home with an internet connection has direct access to the holdings of thousands and thousands of bookstores around the world, and the likelihood of finding a remaindered or used copy'often at a price of literally pennies, plus a few dollars in shipping'is very high.

Despite the claims that the Internet has hurt reading, I say it's the best thing that ever happened to used-bookstores. Between, Alibris, Amazon, and Bookfinder.com, it's near impossible to come up empty when looking for a favorite.

Students have found alternative ways to buy textbooks. BigWords.com and BookFinder.com are popular websites for comparing prices for new, used and rented textbooks. Many textbook renters require the purchaser to pay for shipping one way and then send you the tags and shipping container to return the books when the semester is over.

Fortunately these two authors taught in places very much like SLHS and their more detailed stories do a terrific job of bringing the reader into classrooms that mirror my own daily experiences. {I found both books for around fifteen dollars on www.bookfinder.com.}

When it comes to reading material, Americans want Sex ' and no, we're not talking about 50 Shades of Grey. Madonna's wildly controversial erotic 1992 coffee table book Sex has has once again topped BookFinder.com's annual list of the most sought-after out-of-print books in America.